Greenfield vs South Milwaukee

A side-by-side comparison of Greenfield and South Milwaukee: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenfield and South Milwaukee are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenfield has the higher population (37,361 vs 20,547 in South Milwaukee). South Milwaukee has the higher median household income ($70,146 vs $69,016 in Greenfield). Greenfield has the higher median home value ($247,800 vs $216,400 in South Milwaukee).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	South Milwaukee
Population	37,361	20,547
Median age	43.0 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,016	$70,146
Median home value	$247,800	$216,400
Median gross rent	$1,123	$1,014
Housing units	18,111	9,150
Homeownership rate	56.5%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	South Milwaukee
Population	37,099 → 37,361 (+0.7%)	20,957 → 20,547 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$60,788 → $69,016 (+13.5%)	$52,678 → $70,146 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$177,800 → $247,800 (+39.4%)	$162,000 → $216,400 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,123 (+15.7%)	$838 → $1,014 (+21.0%)

Greenfield

Population

37,09937,361

Median household income

$60,788$69,016

Median home value

$177,800$247,800

Median gross rent

$971$1,123

South Milwaukee

Population

20,95720,547

Median household income

$52,678$70,146

Median home value

$162,000$216,400

Median gross rent

$838$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	South Milwaukee
Under 5	5.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.3%
75 and over	9.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	South Milwaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	78.4%
Black or African American	4.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	5.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	South Milwaukee
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	South Milwaukee
Drove alone	79.7%	78.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.4%
Public transit	0.6%	1.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.0%	11.4%
Other means	0.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	South Milwaukee
1-unit, detached	46.5%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	23.8%	11.7%
20 or more units	15.6%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	South Milwaukee
Poverty rate	8.1%	12.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1973	1957